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Billy Jenkins
A guitarist, composer, bandleader and innovator in a class entirely of his own making. There is nobody else like him and although he's been compared to countless greats from Frank Zappa to Billy Connolly, no comparisons can ever do him justice... Read more
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Leo Ornstein
What kind of composer writes a piece of music called Suicide in An Airplane? No, it wasn't some megadeath heavy rock band, it was Leo Ornstein - an extraordinary Russian-born pianist and composer whose family moved to the USA in the early 20th Century to avoid anti-Semitic persecution. Young Leo went on to take America by storm as a concert pianist performing revolutionary European music and writing his own... Read more
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Ruben Gonzales
Described by one critic as a "cross between Thelonious Monk and Felix The Cat", Cuban pianist Ruben Gonzalez had to wait until the age of 77 to make his first solo album. He spent the remaining years of his life performing in top international concert halls... Read more
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The Christmascast
This was the seasonal special - a Christmascast - originally circulated to a select few but now I'm making it available to the world because it featured the first appearance of the Choir of Deep Sea Fishermen of Tiddington, skippered by Able Seaman Jack Sackful... Listen
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The Badlands Podcast
A trip to the nasty side of town, featuring some magnificent music by Billy Jenkins and the Blues Collective... Listen
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